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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-08-10

- Baby life insurance is becoming
quite extensive. There are over 100000
children between one and twenty years
old insured in the United States. -Four
companies carry this business. They
are mostly children of workingmep, and
the insurance is usually carried to defray
funeral expenses in case of death. A
baby cannot be insured until it attains
the age of at least one year. Thepre.
MUM is paid, as rule, weekly, and is
five cents a week in all cases. In case
the child dies within three months after
the issuance of the policy it is void.
Death after that time gives the bene6ci.
ary just claim against the company.
If the child dies within one year the
benefit amounts to s14; second year,
sl9; third, $24; fourth. s2S; fifth, s31
sixth, ss5; seventh, $40; eighth, $50;
ninth, $50; tenth, $40; eleventh, $50,
and twelfth year s123. The policy may
be- carried on until death. When the
child's seventh year is reached the pre-
MUM may be increased to ten cents
week, when the death benefit will be
double.
The excitement caused by the in.
PRODUCTION of the Glen bill in the Geor.
gia Legislature is undated and grows
every day. The bill provides for the
punishment of any teacher who instructs
white and colored children in the same
institution. According to its provisions,
a fine of thousand dollars, twelve
months in Jail, any part of one, or all of
these penalties, may be imposed for vic.
lation of the law at the discretion Of the
Judge. Mr.. Glen says that the senti-
ment of the people of Gergia is strongly
in favor of his bill, but he fears opposi.
ton from some of the politicians, who
will, it is thought, oppose the bill in
order not to be subjected to censure or
criticism from the North.
- King David's treasure amounted to
$4,000, 100000. Reduced to tons it
would be $3.50, sufficient to load 12,500
camels; made into rod cne inch square
it would reach 1,25O,0O0 feet, or 23e3
miles; a rod one. fourth of an inch
square, nearly 1000 miles; cut into
three.feet lengths it would make 1,666,666
pieces; put into fence six to the rood,
these would reach 2l7,777 feet, or sufi.
cient to make a gold fence over fifty
miles long.
-Dwellers on the banks of the Kansas
River are much exercised because the
water recently turned to a dark green
color. Old settlers say that it has not
looked that way since 1856, the great
cholera year. 1t is said that boys bathing
in the river have been make quite i'll.
At Bertram, Texas, Wednesday,
while party of men we're engaged in
pitching dollars, bolt of lightning
descended. instantly killing G A. Phin.
ner and M. B. Sinclair and probably
mortally ipjuring Quinn Sanford.
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The Father of Forty.One.

HARRISBURG, Pa, July 25.-"I read
few days ago." said member Of the
Reading bar, on a visit to this city, ian
account of man in Western Pennsyl.
vania who died the father of thirty-three
children at the age of Sc. When John
Heffner of Reading was accidentally
killed by the cars in that city in 1885, at
the age of69, he was the father Of forty.
one children, and step child also called
him father. HeAner was one Of Read
ing's characters, and was in the full vigor
of health when he was killed. IL is
doubtful if his record in the paternal
line was ever equaled. Heffner was 8
dwarfed hunchback. He was born in
Berlin in 1916, and came to this country
in 1S4S, settling in Reading. Until his
death he made living by collecting and
selling rags and paper. His remarkable
family history is part of the records of
the Berks County courts, it having been
elected a short time before his death
while he was witness in a lawsuit.
He was married first in 1910. In eight
years his wife bore him IL children. The
first and second years of their marriage
she gave birth to twins. For four sue.
cessive years afterward she gave birth to
triplets. In the seventh year she gave
birth to one child, and died soon after.
ward. Of the seventeen children she
left, consequently, the oldest was only
seven years of age. Heffner engaged
young woman to look after his large
brood of babies, and three months later
she became the second Mrs. Heffncr.
She presented her husband with two
children the first two years. Five years
later she added ten more to the family,
two at every birth. Then for three years
she added but one year. She died be.
fore another year came round. Of the
thirty.two children that John Heffner
had been presented with twelve had died.
The twenty that we're left, however, did
not appear to be any obstacle to young
widow with one child consenting to be.
come the third wife of the jolly little
humpback-for he was known as one of
the happiest and most genial men in
Reading, although it kept him toiliDg
like slave to keep his score of mouths
in bread. The third Mrs. Heffner became
the mother of nine children to her bus.
band in ten years, and the contentment
and happiness of the couple we're pro-
verbal. One day in the fall of 1885 the
father of the forty.one children was cross.
ing the Reading track and was run down
by locomotive and instantly killed.
But for the sad ending of his life it is
impossible to estimate what the size of
the little peddler's family would eventu-
ally have been. His widow and large
number of children-I believe there are
twenty eight Of the forty'two still living
live in Reading. They are all thrifty
and respectable people,"
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Millions for Self and Mites for Christ.

God is gathering the wealth of the
world into the hands of Christian ma.
tions. A recent publication gives the
following as part of the vast resources
of the United States: Aggregate deposit
in banks, $3,OOO,Oo0,OOO; annual agri-
cultural products, s2,ooO,000,OOO; annual
profit in coal, iron and manufactures,
$780, 100000; annual products of gold
and silver mines, 100000, 900; railroad
earnings, s25o,ooo,ooO; making an ag.
gregate of $751; 100000 for these great
leading industries of the nation. Were
all the other industries OF the nation
added, it would vastly swell this amount.
DR.. Dorchester, who is recognized as an
authority in religious statistics, estimates
that the evangelical population Of the
United States embraces one fifth of the
entire population. If so, one.ffth of
this vast income, or 81 ,22O, 900, 900, is
within the control of the evangelical
population. Yet the aggregate gifts Of
all the Protestant Churches for home
and foreign missions is only $500, 900.
Scribner's Statistical Atlas for 1880 says
the wealth of the United States is in.
creasiDg at the rate of S6,SOO,O 900 daily.
This is 50, 49,, 100000 every year. One.
fifth of this gives to the Christian popu-
lation an annual increase in wealth of
1896, 400, 900; yet out of this enormous
increase of wealth it only cousecrates
$5,5O0,000 to the work to which Christ
gave his life. Our expenditures keep
pace with the increase of our wealth.
From the census of 1880 and other
sources the following figures have been
gathered: We expend as people every
year for kid gloves, S25,OOO,O0O; for
public education, $S5,OOO,oOO; for dress
goods, sl25,OOO,OOO; boots and shoes,
$196, 100000; cotton goods, s21o, 100000;
woolen goods, S237 ,O00.OOO; meat, S305,-
100000; bread, s505,OOo,O0O; tobacco,
100000, 900; liquor, 100000, 900; max.
ing an aggregate of $3,ls6,0OO,OOO and
yet this great nation, which expends
each year s90O,OOo,00O for liquor, has
only s5,5OO,0O0 to give to Christ for the
spread of the Gospel among the nations.
Are we not exposing ourselves to the ter
rible arraignment Malachi brought
against Israel: "Will man rob God ?"
How stand the Christians with one-fifth
of the wealth of the nation at their com.
mand? May not our Master say:
II give my life for thee;
What hast thou given for me?"
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One Boy Escaped.

1t was long time ago, at country
school house. The teacher was an
amiable, we'll disposed man, free from
sel6shness, and exhibited but little, if
any, partiality. At the same time he
was firm, and none of his many scholars,
considered it safe to break any of the
rules, of which he kept them constantly
reminded. In the long Summer days
the scholars were required to study from
8 o'clock in the morning until in the
afternoon, with short recess and about
an hour for refreshments at noon. The
teacher would sometimes. become very
tired, and, to change position and rest
himself little, he would take q stroll
through the grove. Generally when he
absented himself from the school room
he would leave one of the larger boys
in charge, but on this particular occasion
he failed to do so. He had scarcely
turned his back when one of the boys
discovered a little insect, to which he
called the attention of the rest. In a
moment crowd gathered around it, and
soon became so interested and amused
that they forgot the teacher. 1t was not
long, however, before they were remind
ed of him by the sound of his footsteps
across the threshold. Every boy was in
his seat in moment. After hanging up
his bat and taking his seat, the teacher
looked round and said II want all of
you boys who we're at play when l came
in to come up here" One boy arose and
stood before the teacher. Then the
teacher said: "You had as we'll come,
for I know who it was" Everything
was silent; no one moved. The teacher
then called each one by name until the
last one stood before him. Then he
asked each in turn: "Were you playing
when I came in?" Each one spoke out
clearly and distinctly "No, sir" until be
came to the boy who had first gone up,
who replied: "Yes, sir" The teacher
said to him: You can take your seat"
BE then caused the others to stand on
one foot for perhaps half an hour, aud as
they stood he went round and gave each
one good whipping. Who will say
they did not deserve it? Only one boy
in the crowd had told the truth, and he
escaped. The rest lied, and we're pun
ished.
Many years have passed uince then,
and I have lost sight of all those boys
but the one who told the truth. He has
been a minister of the Gospel for more
than quarter Of a century, and to-day
he looks upon lying as the greatest of all
sins and a liar as the greatest of all sin.
ners. 1t must be an awful sin in the
sight of God, as is seen in the history of
Ananias and Sapphira; and besides, He
declares Gall liars shall have their part
in the lake which burns with FIRE and
birthstone" ."-Reu. John ". McRoy, in
Southern Christian Advocate.
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A good citizen of Long Creek town

A good citizen of Long Creek town.
ship, and one who is not addicted to
seeing snakes, started to town Thursday
with load of watermelons. While
driving along, he commenced sizing up
his melons to see what each one ought 10
be priced at, and be noticed that one OF
the melons seemed to be decayed, hole
having been discovered in the melon at
the place where the stem should have
been. He picked up the melon and cast
it into the road, and as it broke to pieces
black snake, three feet long, craw;ed
out and disappeared through the bushes.
Charlotte Chronicle.
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A lady very desirous of coucealing
the awful fact that she is the same age as
her husband observed to visitor: "My
husband is forty; there is just FIVE years
between u.s." as it possible?" was the
unguarded reply of her friend. "I give
ypu my word you look as young as he
does"
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better begin to divide out little a long
by degrees. The malicious and quarrel
some had better begin to cultivate the
virtues of love and charity. The lazy
had better rouse up and work little.
White folks had better quit cheating and
darkies quit stealing, for it will be awful
hard to stop all of a sudden. 1t will be
safest anyhow for us all to live just like
we knew the millennium was coming
very soon, whether it comes or not. Let
US have our lamps trimmed and burning.
BILL, ARP.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-08-10
Rum and tie Presidency.

Among The. men of the present day
who are aspirants for the presidency
some do not drink because they are
afraid that q little indulgence would carry
them OFF their feet, and others drink
with perfect impunity because they feel
strong in we'll regulated natures. John.
Sherman, for instance, will take his glass
OF whisky if a friend prefers it.
Blaine will not drink even glass Of
champagne, though his father before
him deyoured a very nice fortune in
hospitable living.
Mr.. Conkling has weak stomach,
partly inherited and partly the result Of
excessive ambition aud gallavanting in
his yonihful dayss He therefore, during
his public life in Washington, never
smoked cigar except by putting it in
his mouth uDlighted, and his drink was
generaifyWeak tea. Hits said that Conk- !
5 Ing has 81 Hate turned his affection to-
ward the appollinaris water, of which
company he is the attorney.
Liquor has had it's victims 10 other
couptriss than this. William Pitt, who
conquered Napoleon. was destroyed in
his early youth by the enormous pota.
tions of strong ale he drank, and such a
failure as he made financially would be
noted in the United States as the great
lest scandal of the age. Says Harriet
fartineau: He sankewben the calamity
Austria became known TO him, and
Int to Bath; in September. The water
luced a fit of gont, which was sue
ed by a debility Of digestion.
ttipg his hand on his stomach, he
, the bishop of Lincoln: II feel
ling here that reminds me shall
ecoyer." A neighbor having sent
lge to inquire after Mr.. Pitts
Ind the wicket open at Rutney,
Bdy answering the bell, he
hugh the rooms till he reached
khich the minister's body lay
le tenant of the mansion,
doors q few hours before
by crowds of suitors.
commons unanimously
for the payment of Mr..
ben they came to pay.
yer, they found that
IS. Mr.: Pitts great
far5 to have been
himself.
hs amout of sue
ppetite can con-:
erld's experience
,proportioi Of
= the land are
ennel to the
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A Sermon by q Dead Boy.

The still form of a little boy lay in
the coffin, surrounded by mourning
friends. A mason came into the room
aud asked to look at the lovely face.
"You wonder that I care so much," ne
said, as the tears rolled down his cheeks.
"One time was coming down by long
ladder from high roof, and found your
little boy standing close beside me when
l reached the ground. He looked up
into my face with childish wonder, and
asked frankly: "Weren't you afraid of
falling when you we're so high?" and
before I had time to answer, he said {:
"Ob, 1 know why you are not afraid !;
you said your prayers this morning be-
fore you began work!" 1 had not
prayed, but l never forgot to pray from
that day to this" Chicago Living Church
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"A statistical sharp Las calculated
that if 100000 persons should clasp
hands, they could reach around the globe.
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On the Trap.

Editors sit in their sanctums and write
that hanging does not decrease the num-
Der of murders. Senators and represen.
tatives rise in their seats and call execu.
tions relics of barbarism, and demand
that all hangings be conducted in pri.
vate.
Did you ever witness public hang.
ing?
If you have you do not believe with
either the editors or the solons.
The Law which sternly demands life
for life is the terror of evil men. A
public execution does more to awe and
humble than any other sight you can
name.
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= Figs measuring nine and a half
inches in circumference are grown in
Florida.
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COSSIA,os
Since then from fifty to seventy.fve
hives have graced my lawn and supplied
my table with a luxury that but few en-.
Joy, and this reminds me that met q
grown man this spring who wanted to
buy some honey, as be had heard of it
but had never seen any have sold
much honey, have spent many hours in
entertaining work, have acquired high
er and nobler view of the wisdom of
Providence in the adaptation of means
to the ends, and am better and more
enlightened man in general.
The HIVE OF FIRST IMPORTANCE,
soon saw that to manage bees with
pleasure and success, in the hive, q
matter of great importance, one should
hayo absolute controt%of the combs,
which he cannot have except with the
movable frame hive. I then commenced
to experiment. with all sort of hives and
frar.es, some high, some low, some long,
soms short, some with frames hung
lengthwise and some crosswise. some one
way and some another. Most of these
hives l made myself, or had made, and
inst here my trouble commenced. Iwant
to .npress this upon all parties who are
goi:g to try the business. Listen to me
and avoid trouble. l soon had my apiary
stocked with a dozen different kind of
hiv.s III some instances made from un.
sea- oned lumber which with bad work
ma ship caused nothing to fit, and oh !
the trouble and vexation have had.
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God to receive him as he received bis
childish victims! Half thousand men
will 20 out of this inclosure ecoffiDg at
the religion which can do this thing, but
they will trembe before the law which
they have seen vindicated.
"Now the black cap" That man has
looked his last on earth. His heart
beats are numbered. Does any one ask if
he is "dying game?" Never one! If
be walled and wept they would not re
proach him. 1t would be poltroon, stu.
pifed with drink, who could stand on
that death trap and give no sign.
Watch The hangman has his hand
on the leverl The man is alone on the
trap! The seconds are horribly long to
him. He straightens up, draws a full
breath, and then there is crash as the
trap falls-a groan from the crowd as the
body brings up with horrible jerk-and
this is the end.
No, it is not Follow these men out
into their daily haunts-by daylight and
by darkness. 1t will be hours before
some of them will smile-days before
they will jest. Some will put knife and
revolver away, where sudden temptation
cannot reach them others will see that
eibbet rise before them whenever an
angry word is spoken. They may not
become honest men-these rascals-they
may not embrace religion and turn TO
paths of industry, but human life has a
new value-a greater value in their eyes.
A murderer has paid the penalty. They
respect the law. The execution is a
vision to rise up in barroom or brothel-
a-menace to whisper in their ears score
! of times per day.-Detroit Free Press.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-02
REA FOR CONGRESS.
His Friends Jubilant Over the
Boom Sprung Up for Him.

His Friends Jubilant Over the
Boom Sprung Up for Him.
The news of the election of Judge
John P. Rea to be commander-in-chief
of the G. A. r. was received yesterday
with delight by a number of the war
horses of the &. o. P. AS soon as the
telegram was received announcing his
election by prominent politician. he
was seen to rush hurriedly around and
spread the good tidingS. He visited the
place of business of most of the pOIiti-
clans of his party, but seemed to forget
about r. B. LangdOn and Loren
Fletcher. Several of the parties visited
were soon after interviewed by GLOBE
reporter. They all seemed to agree on
the fact that the party was badly torn
up and divided into factions, resulting
from the bitter fight in the last state
convention, and that the nominees of
the next convention should be men who
were clear of all entanglementS of any
kind, if the party was to be successful.
Most of them said they would like to
see Loren Fletcher go to congress, but
were satisfied that it would be impOSsi-
BILE to elect him next year and that even
with John p. Rea as their leader, they
thought it would be a close race. One
man said: II am Fletcher man, but
want the next congressman from this
district to be a Republican and in COLI
sequence will have to support Rea.>
anybody. There is no faction in the
party but what will support Rea and
there is no doubt but what he would get
every Republican vote i'll the district"
Another said: I'VE will have to retire
for the present all the men who were
prominent in the last campaign in
order to heal the breaches
in the party. I myself am a
warm friend of Mr.. Fletcher, but we
cannot afford to give him the congress
Sional nomination this term" A third
said: 81 want to see Rea nominated,
for he is the only man who can get
there" At another place three men,
who are prominent in the party, were
talking after being joined by the re-
porter. They were rather reticent about
saying anything. but admitted that Rea
would probably be rendered the con-
gressional nomination. There seemed
to be no ill feeling against Mr.. Fletcher
by any of the parties seen, but there
was prevailing idea that it was just as
impossible to elect him to congress in
this district as it would be to re-ele
McGill governor.
AS far as appearance go, no work has
been done by Judge Rea in the direction
of nomination; but he was favored by
several of the longest-headed politicians
of his party, who regard his recent
honor as a lucky stone found in their
pie The friends of Col. Fletcher were
cOrrespondingly depressed, but they
smile at the idea of anybody in his own
party defeating him.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-02
HIS LITTLE ROMANCE,
The Lady Who Tanned the Fiery.
Eyed Socialist.

The fawn-eyed Evert Nymanover has
romance buried deep beneath the
smiling exterior he turns to an unfeeling
world. He has gone to Europe, but his
heart is Sin the Hielan's." The aspiring
young Scandinavian. is to be married.
but he does nOt'croSs the blue waters to
seek his inamOrata. She is no further
off than st. Paul, and when the cratic
NymanOver returns home she will be
there to greet him. Five years ago Evert
was Studying political economy at the
state university, and CHANGED to attend
reception given by one of the profess
SOrs. There he met young lady. and
his unchaStened and undiSciplined heart
was at once taken prisoner He saw
her but one evening, but ever after that
her brown eyes pursued him across
failing to find her h' again. " he
sought nepenthe in socialism. In vain.
Her bright smile haunted him still.
Finally he determined to plunge into the
vortex of European politics, and with
this in view went to ST. Paul to say
farewell to a few friends. At the resi-
dence of a lady acquaintance he met the
object of his dreams. Memories of the
past rushed over him and his European
trip was forgotten. Days glided into
weeks and still he fingered and still his
smile grew broader, until finally he
went with the love light dancing like a
topaz fire in the depths of his Andalus-
ian eyes. He will be married when he
returns.